Boris Watch

From The Metro:

“Fresh from the Olympic ‘hand-over’ in Beijing, London Mayor Boris Johnson on Tuesday pledged massive funding to produce a new generation of champions.
He said he wanted to ring-fence tens of millions of London Development Agency cash to inspire youngsters in the capital to take up a sport.
He said: ‘You can have [...]

The new LDA Board has been revealed.
There are four statutory elected members:

James Cleverly AM Conservative, London Assembly
Cllr Peter Truesdale, Lib Dem, Lambeth
Cllr Mike Freer, Conservative, Barnet
Jeremy Mayhew, Non-party Common Councilman, City Corporation

And 9 business members:

Harvey McGrath: Chair of the LDA Board
Tim Parker: First Deputy Mayor
Steven Norris: Transport for London Board Member
Susan Angoy: Advisory Board Member [...]

It’s well known that the post of Mayor of London is one of the most powerful in the UK, with very little anyone can do to stop the Mayor doing more or less whatever he (or perhaps one day she) wants.
Boris’s election added to the problem, because the Conservatives hold more than a third of [...]

As you may have seen, Lee Jasper’s response to the ‘Forensic Audit Panel’ report appears in the comments on the previous post.
This is Ken Livingstone’s response, as issued a short time ago in a news release:
When he came to power Boris Johnson abolished the properly independent enquiry into Lee Jasper headed by Rabinder Singh QC, [...]